The Demise of the Electrically Commutated Motors ECMs
The market will expand as ECMs are replaced by more cost-competitive, efficient technologies.
Since the introduction of Electrically Commutated Motors (ECMs) over fifty years ago, there has not been a substantial energy efficiency improvement in motor technology for commercial refrigeration applications that exceeds the current generation of available ECM products.
Generally considered to be today’s ‘state of the art’ solution, ECMs are now the standard motor used by most OEM product designers for everything from commercial refrigeration fans to everyday consumer products. While there is no question that ECMs offer better efficiency than older motor designs, there is still plenty of room for improvement. The problem is that companies manufacturing motors in this space have made only incremental improvements throughout the years, consisting of better engineered circuits and materials to fix the previous SKUs design faults. A more advanced alternative motor design has not been available that can seriously challenge the status quo and shake up the motor industry, until now.